Here's @mattklewis theory of why conservatives fell into the Bundy trap http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/25/why-we-made-cliven-bundy-a-folk-hero/ … And here's mine http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117518/racist-rancher-cliven-bundy-exposes-delusional-conservatives …
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@mattklewis@JonHenke Interesting. Certainly some parallels, at least in the mechanics of how the two became causes celebre. -
@brianbeutler@mattklewis@JonHenke Whatever her other flaws, Cindy Sheehan never raised an armed posse to have standoff with federal govt. -
@EricKleefeld@mattklewis@JonHenke At a point the comparison falls apart. But the arc of the stories track eachother until that point. -
@brianbeutler@mattklewis@JonHenke That's a pretty dang important "until that point"! -
@EricKleefeld@mattklewis@JonHenke's observation wasn't about the particular kinds of crazy, but about the behavior of partisans.
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@mattklewis@brianbeutler …does not remotely justify using it & refusing to pay. -
@JonHenke@mattklewis fwiw, I wrote on precisely that point yesterday http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117507/cliven-bundy-racist-rancher-still-has-conservative-defenders …. Would be curious to read an @KevinNR rebuttal.
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@mattklewis@brianbeutler D’Souza seems like another case of the Right rising to the reflexively partisan defense of the indefensible.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mattklewis@brianbeutler Aside from his racism, I also have trouble seeing the merits of what Bundy did. BLM having too much land… 1/2Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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